Child pornography found on computer of Lake Forest sex offender

View full sizeDaphne police arrested John Ashley Dunn Tuesday on a charge of failing to register as a sex offender. Dunn was convicted in North Carolina in 2007.

A Lake Forest man being held on charges of failing to register as a sex offender and living too close to children faces an additional felony charge after investigators found child pornography on his computer, police said Monday.

John Ashley Dunn, 46, was charged with possession of child pornography, said Lt. Jud Beedy, Daphne police spokesman. Dunn was first arrested March 31 for failing to register as a convicted sex offender.

"At this time, the Daphne police have no evidence any of the children are from Daphne or the surrounding area," Beedy said Monday morning in a news release.

Possession of child pornography is a felony that carries a sentence of one to 10 years in prison.

Dunn is being held in the Baldwin County Corrections Center with his bail set at $307,500, according to jail records. He is also charged with failing to notify state officials after obtaining a job in the area and living or working too close to a school or child care facility.

At a Lake Forest condominium, Dunn was also living with a woman who had a child, according to Beedy. State law prohibits convicted sex offenders from living in homes with minors who are not their own child.

A North Carolina court convicted Dunn in March 2007 on a charge of soliciting a child by computer to commit an unlawful sex act.